Molesting young boy charges, using Internet to prey on kids

Bail was elevated ten-fold for a Temecula man accused of preying on younger boys by way of the Web and molesting no less than one among them.

Sky Jesus Barrera, 30, was arrested earlier this month following a Riverside County sheriff’s investigation ensuing from the defendant’s alleged illicit contact with the victims, none of whom have been recognized.

Barrera is charged with lewd acts on a toddler beneath 14 years previous and possession of kid pornography.

Throughout a bail modification listening to requested by the District Lawyer’s Workplace, prosecutors efficiently argued that Barrera’s $eighty five,000 bond requirement was too low, prompting Superior Courtroom Decide Mark Mandio to extend it to $1 million.

Mandio scheduled a felony settlement convention for April 7 on the Southwest Justice Middle in Murrieta. Barrera is being held on the Indio Jail.

In accordance with sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Fredericks, detectives initiated an investigation into the defendant final month, allegedly uncovering proof that he had been speaking with boys on-line.

One of many youths was allegedly sexually assaulted by the defendant in January, based on courtroom paperwork.

Detectives seized Barrera’s computer systems throughout a March 1 search of his residence within the 42000 block of Veneto Street. Fredericks alleged that a forensic examination of the hardware “revealed quite a few movies and pictures, in addition to video conversations between Barrera and younger boys.”

Investigators are nonetheless trying to verify the identities of a few of the alleged victims.

Barrera has no documented prior felony convictions.

–Metropolis Information Service

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